Monday Morning: Start of Home Buying Season

A 2005 CNN Money Publication that quoted Harley Rouda Jr* said so. It said this is the start of Home Buying Season.

That article was looking back on 2004 home sales and before. That’s ancient history .

Christmas is over. New Years is over. The Super Bowl will be over tonight and then Home Buying Season starts. Here’s advice from Harley Rouda Jr. about how to proceed:

“First and foremost you want to get pre-approved by a lender,” said Harley Rouda Jr., CEO of Real Living, one of the largest real estate firms in the Midwest, explaining that in markets where sellers get multiple bids, it’s critical to line up your financing before you make an offer. Bids that aren’t backed by a lender are the first to go, unless of course the buyer is paying cash.”

Need a loan officer? I can recommend a good one.

With the mild winter this year some home buyers probably got a jump on things in January. You may start seeing the market reports for January soon.

Harley Rouda Jr. is the CEO of Real Living, a national real estate company. His father founded HER Realtors. HER Realtors and two other Ohio real estate brokerage started Real Living in 2002. From there it get’s complicated. Some break ups and hook ups since 2002, good stuff for Real Livng, but it’s complicated. Does Facebook eve say “It’s complicated” for human relationships anymore?